@article{f03ec03a060443e1bd9db3576f6f8db8,
title = "Silent neoplastic cardiac invasion in small cell lung cancer: A case report and review of the literature",
abstract = "Objective: Rare co-existance of disease or pathology Background: Secondary malignant tumor of the heart is one of the most life-threatening complications of lung cancer. Several published case reports have documented non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with neoplastic cardiac invasion. However, the number of reported cases of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with neoplastic cardiac invasion is limited. Case Report: We present a rare case of advanced SCLC in a patient with asymptomatic neoplastic cardiac invasion. We also discuss radiation therapy modalities that should be considered in SCLC patients with cardiac invasion. Conclusions: Clinicians should be vigilant about cases of SCLC with asymptomatic intra-cardiac invasion and practice caution when diagnosing, as well as treating with radiation as a monotherapy.",
keywords = "Lung neoplasms, Neoplasm metastasis, Radiation, Small cell lung carcinoma",
author = "Ngoc Pham and Bonnen, {Mark D.} and Ghebre, {Yohannes T.}",
note = "Funding Information: YTG was an awardee of the Stanford University School of Medicine Dean{\textquoteright}s fellowship (grant number 1049528-149-KAVFB), Stanford SPARK Translational Research Program, the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) of the University of California (grant number 20FT-0090), the Houston Methodist Research Institute, and the Caroline Weiss Law Fund for Research in Molecular Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He is currently supported by AHA (17GRNT33460159), NIH (grant numbers K01HL118683; R01HL137703), and by intramural funding from BCM Funding Information: Yohannes T. Ghebre, e-mail: yohannes.ghebre@bcm.edu and Mark D. Bonnen, e-mail: mark.bonnen@bcm.edu None declared YTG was an awardee of the Stanford University School of Medicine Dean{\textquoteright}s fellowship (grant number 1049528-149-KAVFB), Stanford SPARK Translational Research Program, the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) of the University of California (grant number 20FT-0090), the Houston Methodist Research Institute, and the Caroline Weiss Law Fund for Research in Molecular Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He is currently supported by AHA (17GRNT33460159), NIH (grant numbers K01HL118683; R01HL137703), and by intramural funding from BCM Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Am J Case Rep.",
year = "2018",
month = may,
day = "30",
doi = "10.12659/AJCR.908374",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "19",
pages = "619--622",
journal = "American Journal of Case Reports",
issn = "1941-5923",
publisher = "International Scientific Literature, Inc",
}